Pompeo asks Clinton for advice as he preps for confirmation battle

[DURHAM D]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/10/pompeo-hearing-state-clinton-512155

As a sharply partisan Republican member of Congress, CIA Director Mike Pompeo tormented former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her response to the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, which Pompeo called “morally reprehensible.” He also once liked a tweet that branded her successor, John Kerry, a “traitor.”

But now that Pompeo faces a tough confirmation process to become secretary of state himself, he has reached out to Clinton and Kerry, as well as every other living occupant of the office, to ask for guidance. Clinton, for one, has been willing to help.


“These were lengthy calls seeking advice” from the former secretaries, a person familiar with Pompeo’s prep work told POLITICO. “He understands the gravity of the challenge before him.”

Hillary actually talked to that rat bastard...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. She is actually living her Methodist faith.

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

She is a better person than me.

[DURHAM D]

6. Exactly.

What we could of had...

[SummerSnow]

10. You are so right. I would have told him to kiss my ass

[Bleacher Creature]

2. She's a far better person than me.

I'm not surprised that she's going the honorable and classy route. My response would have been very different.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Contrast her with the thug in the White House.

[Ohiogal]

4. The Deplorables will make excuses

like "Oh, ha ha, that's just politics.... he didn't really mean it literally" and crap like that.

[Mr. Ected]

5. Secretary Clinton is the epitome of an American public servant

Putting country first.

It's too bad this lesson won't be learned by the fascists in charge.

[Achilleaze]

7. Tell the truth

Oh, wait, I forgot. He's a republican.

[BSdetect]

8. I would not piss on him if he was on fire.

[bullwinkle428]

9. Pompeo was out-and-out abusive to her in that 11-hour hearing.

Not sure I could ever bring myself to lift a finger for someone that did that to me.

[Orsino]

11. Has he tried not being a woman yet?

That seems to work pretty well as a strategy.

[Tom Rinaldo]

12. I respect her for this

Pompeo earned derision, not assistance, from her. But Hillary likely knows that Pompeo is about as qualified a candidate for Secretary of State as Trump is willing to nominate, and unlike most who Trump could pick, he has some grounding in the real world. If she graciously keeps a line open with him, a day may come at 3:00 AM when Secretary Clinton receives a phone call from a future Secretary Pompeo wanting to consult on some grave matter facing our nation and the world. Our country will be better served if a relationship exists between them that can be leaned on then. This is an aspect of Hillary that I admire.

[EffieBlack]

14. This, what you just said.

[EffieBlack]

13. Because she loves our country.

[ck4829]

15. Hopefully, she sabotaged the racist.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. She is a better person than I would have been

I would've slammed the phone down so hard Pompeo could have felt it.

[Ilsa]

17. HRC is a true patriot and Christian.

She loves the USA more than revenge, lives her faith daily. I wish I was more like her.

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

JOHN WESLEY, theologian

[IluvPitties]

18. Hillary is a patriot.